Hat.



s. NEWMAN.

HAT.

APPLIOATION FILED JAILQ. 1909.

Patented Nov. 15, 1910.

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SAMUEL NEWMAN, 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO.

HAT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL NEWMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Hat, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to hats, my more particular purpose being to prevent undue pressure of certain portions of the hat upon the wearers head.

My invention further relates to means for thoroughly ventilating the interior of the hat while the same is being worn.

More particularly stated, my invention comprehends a hat, the crown of which is slightly swelled for the purpose of avoiding pressure upon adjoining portions of the wearers head, and to the provision of means for holding the sweat band gently against the wearers head at the points in question but with a degree of pressure much gentler than that otherwise afforded by the hat.

It is a fact which is gradually becoming recognized in this art, that the forehead, the temples and certain points adjacent to the ears, containing groups of blood vessels and also containing nerve centers disposed immediately under the skin, are readily pressed upon by wearing a hat and are greatly ins jured by this pressure. Moreover, the pressure in question, by obstructing the flow of blood which would otherwise find its way to the roots of the hair, is promotive of baldness, and by affecting the brain and nerve centers is further promotive of headache and even impaired eyesight. \Vhat- I seek to do, therefore, is to make a hat not differing materially in appearance from hats now generally worn, but so constructed as to re lieve, as far as practicable, the pressure of certain portions of the hatupon the corresponding portions of the wearers head. I further seek to improve the ventilation of the hat by allowing a free circulation of air through those portions of the hat which are in proximity to the veins and nerve centers above mentioned. In doing this, my invention seeks to prevent undue congestion of blood in the various delicate parts and also has a tendency to increase the agreeability of the sensation due to wearing the hat.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of refer- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 9, 1909.

Patented Nov. 15, 1910.

Serial No. 471,429,

ence indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective partly broken away, showing the hat complete; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary section through one of the swells and parts associated therewith for the purpose above described, this view further showing 'how the air is caused to circulate freely for purposes of ventilation; and Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section somewhat similar to Fig. 2, but showing the parts as they appear when in normal position, the hat being in use.

A hat crown is shown at 4 and a hat brim at 5. Mounted within the crown 4 is a sweat band 6 and outside of the crown is a hatband 7 At the points 4?, 4*, 41 are swells. These swells are made simply by distending the crown and brim at the points in question. They are preferably made in the hat as originally formed, but may be made in it afterward, if desired. At 8 is a light steel spring exceedingly delicate and flexible. The ends 9 of this spring are thrust through the sweat band 6 andbent toward each other, thus constituting hooks for holding the spring in position.

The spring 8 is slightly conveXthat is, its middle portion extends a little nearer the center of the hat than do its end portions. The swell seen from a point within the hat is concave (see bottom of Fig. 1), so that the curvature of the spring 8 is concave relatively to the swell and the curvature of the swell is concave relatively to the spring. By this arrangement the spring holds the sweat gand 6 slightly away from the crown of the At 10 are ventilation holes in the sweat band. When the parts are in position, the sweat band 6 contains various swells 6 6*, 6, these swells mating the swells 4 4', i of the hat crown. As may be seen from Fig. 2, there is a clear passage through the holes 10 and intermediate any swell and the corresponding portion of the sweat band 6. The top of the hat is provided with holes 11 for facilitating the escape of the air which arises from below.

The operation of my device is as follows: When the hat is not being worn, the springs 8 being of arcuate form press the band 6 inwardly so that the swells 6 6 6 are apparent, as indicated in Fig. 1. When the hat is placed upon the head, the swells 6 6", 6 engage those portions of the head above described and which contain the various veins and nerve centers discussed. The hat being placed upon the head causes the head to exert, by reaction, a very gentle pressure against the portions of the sweat band 6 designated as the swells 6 6", 6. This flattens the spring 8 more or less and restores the general form of the sweat band 6 to something like the form it might-have if the swells l 4 4 and the spring 8 were missing altogether. Since, however, the pressure against those portions of the head close to the blood vessels and nerve centers mentioned is no greater than the pressure of the spring 8, and since this spring canbe made exceedingly weak, the wearing of the hat produces no temporary or permanent injury of the delicate organs mentioned, and does not even produce any temporary inconvenience to the wearer of the hat. The net result is that the delicate organs mentioned are not inflamed or congested by the wearing of the hat, and moreover, since the ventilation of the hat is thorough and the cool air is brought into close proximity to the parts in question, the wearing of the hat is rendered exceedingly agreeable.

It will be noted that the holes 10 are arranged in groups, each having substantially a triangular form. The purpose of this arrangement is to distribute the holes where they will do the most ood, considering the shapes and locations of the swells 6 6 6. The various groups of the holes 10 being in direct alinement with the swells 6 6", 6, the holes are in favorable position relatively to the air columns necessarily formed in the air circulating into and out of the hat.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letter Patent: 7 In a hat, the combination of a crown provided. with a swell, a sweat band disposed within said crown and immediately adjacent to said swell, and a spring of substantially arcuate form connected by its ends with the inner surface of said sweat band, said spring being comparatively weak and causing the portion of said sweat band intermediate said ends to flex slightly inward, thereby presenting a normally convex surface to the wearers head when said hat is not in use.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL NEWMAN. Witnesses VVAL'roN HARRISON,

EvERARD B. MARSHALL. 

